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<blockquote data-quote="Burrito" data-source="post: 774559" data-attributes="member: 72439">This news from today would agree.Huawei helped China with hacks, says Australia
So it turns out all those governments weren&#039;t just being paranoid when they barred Huawei from working on networks.

A <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/national-security/china-used-huawei-to-hack-network-says-secret-report/news-story/510d3b17c2791cbcac18f047c64ab9d8" target="_blank">report from The Australian</a> (paywalled) cites a Down Under government source in reporting that on at least one occasion Huawei was pressed by the Chinese government to provide access to a foreign network.

The article does not give details on who was targeted or when, but claims that China asked Huawei to provide it with log-in credentials for networking equipment the company had sold to someone in another country.

If true, this would validate the worst fears of governments around the world: that Chinese telcos and manufacturers are in fact subject to the whims of Beijing and could at help their home country infiltrate the networks of customers, including government agencies and contractors, in other countries.<a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/03/security_roundup_021118/" target="_blank">Google logins make JavaScript mandatory, Huawei China spy shock, Mac malware, Iran gets new Stuxnet, and more</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Burrito, post: 774559, member: 72439"] This news from today would agree. [INDENT][SIZE=18px][B][I]Huawei helped China with hacks, says Australia[/I][/B][/SIZE][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]So it turns out all those governments weren't just being paranoid when they barred Huawei from working on networks.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]A [URL='https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/national-security/china-used-huawei-to-hack-network-says-secret-report/news-story/510d3b17c2791cbcac18f047c64ab9d8']report from The Australian[/URL] (paywalled) cites a Down Under government source in reporting that on at least one occasion Huawei was pressed by the Chinese government to provide access to a foreign network.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]The article does not give details on who was targeted or when, but claims that China asked Huawei to provide it with log-in credentials for networking equipment the company had sold to someone in another country.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]If true, this would validate the worst fears of governments around the world: that Chinese telcos and manufacturers are in fact subject to the whims of Beijing and could at help their home country infiltrate the networks of customers, including government agencies and contractors, in other countries.[/I][/INDENT] [URL="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/03/security_roundup_021118/"]Google logins make JavaScript mandatory, Huawei China spy shock, Mac malware, Iran gets new Stuxnet, and more[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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